Columbus Crew vs Atlanta United: Match guide and preview

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Atlanta United have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 5-6-12 (win-draw-loss) from 23 matches.

Atlanta United have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Columbus Crew form and stats

Columbus Crew have only played one Major League Soccer game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats from 17 matches.

No payout for Columbus Crew in their previous match, an away game at New York RB (after extra-time) that ended in defeat 1-2. The attacker Zelarayán was declared "man of the match" for Columbus with a rating of 7.45/10. Zelarayán hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 9 of 11 times.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Columbus Crew handle that role? We have found 19 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 10 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Columbus Crew at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

Atlanta United form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Major League Soccer, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 2 wins, 5 draws and 10 defeats from 17 matches.

Atlanta United won their last game, 5-1 versus Portland Timbers (after extra-time) played at home. As mentioned above, Atlanta United was the only team on the pitch versus Portland Timbers in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Almada got a match rating of 10.0 in that game, top player of the team. Almada scored two goals, signed up for two assists, hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 58 successful passes (of 67 total).

We have checked recent matches where Atlanta United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 19 games were 3 victories, 8 draws and 8 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Atlanta United has managed {3 goals} and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Columbus Crew won six games, one match ended with a draw and Atlanta United managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.

Top Goalscorers

T. Almada 4 goals

C. Wiley 3 goals

L. Zelarayán 2 goals

Columbus Crew missing players

Atlanta United missing players